Whitedog,
Thank you for the input but as was originally stated the object is to make a "dumb" engine---no computer, no wrist sized wiring harness, etc. Kind of a throwback to what the old 302 GMC guys of yesteryear did. We have access to very extensive machining and fabrication capabilities so intake or anything else is not a problem. Also a flow bench and dyno to see how much we lose/gain over the factory specs. After a test mule is put through its paces then one can shift to "easier to make, faster, and cheaper". Good possibility that the whole project might tank but when your 83, stuck at home, and bored as he!! one can lay around and die or get off ones butt and do something; even if it's a dead end. Besides, when gathering in groups is allowed again there is a good chance I'll win the biggest fish story contest. Pics are of a big success project and a big failure---learned from both. Big shop and fancy machines are gone now but my friend of 60 years has them so I'm sure he will let me turn big pieces into chips and tailings for the Atlas project.
Big cube billet block fresh out of the HAAS five axis mill; big success in pull tractor:
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/kBTTMg2y/dan-s-49-034.jpg[/img][img]https://i.postimg.cc/BXQn14g6/Model-A-and-pull-truck-014.jpg[/img]Big failure: a dual plug dual OHC hemi head for a 302 GMC---note it's in the scrap bin
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/FfXTpjZs/dan-s-49-036.jpg[/img]Fabbed intakes have never been a problem:
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/TyJH5csm/IMG-3982-1.jpg[/img][img]https://i.postimg.cc/vxVKTdw8/IMG-3983-1.jpg[/img]
